‘Deadpool’ star Ryan Reynolds spent his salary to keep screenwriters on the set

Asia Moore | (TNS) Los Angeles Times

Ryan Reynolds revealed that he “let go of getting paid” for “Deadpool” so the other screenwriters could be present on the set.

“When I finally got to make [the movie], it had been almost 10 years at that point,” Reynolds told the New York Times. “No part of me was thinking when ‘Deadpool’ was finally greenlit that this would be a success. I even let go of getting paid to do the movie just to put it back on the screen: They wouldn’t allow my co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick on set...